Valved nozzle.



H. GIBBS. VALVED NOZZLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, 1912. v

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0., WASHINGTON, D. c.

or laterals,

COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, -ILLINOIS,- A CORPORATION.

QVALVED NOZZLE.

Application filed MaylO, 1912. Serial 1\T0. 696,329.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, HENRY GIBBS, a citizen of the United States, and'a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Valved Nozzles, of which the following is a full, clear, "and exact description.

The invention relates to valved nozzles and more particularly to such nozzles as are arranged at the outlets of an irrigation system for distributing the water into troughs as they are called, formed in the ground.

The invention seeks to provide a simple construction of valved nozzle which can be economically manufactured, which obviates the necessity of employing a stuffing box and which can be quickly opened and closed.

-water into the trough or lateral in the ground in a narrow fan-shaped spray.

The invention consists in the features of out in the appended claims.

In the drawmgs, Flgure 1 1s a view in side elevation of the improved valved nozzle.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a plan view with the handle removed. Figs. 4 and 5 are longitudinal sections at right angles to the section shown in- Fig.2 and looking in opposite directions as indicated by the arrows 44 and 55, respectively, of Fig. 3. In Figs. 2 and 4, the valve is shown in open position, and in Fig- 5, it is shown in closed position. i

The improved valved nozzle comprises a casing 10 which is'preferably in the form of a short, upright cylinder. The casing is internally threaded at its opposite ends and is preferably provided at its lower end with a hexagonal portion 11, so that it may 'be readily threaded upon the upper end of a vertical pipe 12. Above its lower threaded portion, the casing is provided with an inwardly projecting flange or shoulder 13 forming a valve seat and having a port 14 therein. On one side, the casing is provided Specification of Letters Patent. i

PatentedFeb. e, 1916.

I HENRY GIBBS, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORTO 'w. n. ALLEN MANUFACTURING is turned or inclined downwardly to direct the water passing therethrough upon the ground. The upper end of the valve casing 1S closed by a cap 16 which isprovided on its inner face with an inwardly extending annular'shoulder 17 that projects within the upper end of the casing and is externally threaded, as shown, to engage the threads thereof. The cap i'spreferably provided on" its upper face with a hexagonal boss 18 by which it may be firmly screwed to position" with the edge portions of the capv over-v lapping the upper edge of the casing.

r'lhe flange 17 .is provided-at its lower or inner end with a conical valve seat "19 arranged above the inner end of-the passage through the discharge spout'l5.

A disk valve 20 is arranged in the valve casing be-. I

tween the valve seats 13 and'1'9. The valve is provided with an integral, upwardly extending stem 21 which is loosely threaded;

through a central opening in the cap 16 and which is provided at itsupper end with a reduced square portion 22. A handle 23 is f suitably fitted upon and secured to the upper end porti0n22 of the stem. In the preferred form shown, the disk valve-20- is provided on'its upper side and adjacent; its periphery with an annular, conical surface which snugly fits the conical valve seat 19 at the inner end of the cap flange 17y when the valve is in open-position, as shown in Figs. 2and 4. The engagement of the valve in open position with the valve seat 1.9 prevents leaking around the stem-'21 and obviates the necessity of employing a 'stuf'f ing box about the stem. This arrangement not only reduces the cost of construction, but inasmuch as the valve stem, is not sub-.

jected to the frictionof the packing in a stuffing box, the valvemay be very quickly opened and closed. This is an item of importance, since irrigation systemsemploy a, very great many of these distributing valved nozzleswhich must be opened and closed at frequent intervals.

To secure a tight joint between the valve and the seat- 13 when the valve is closed, the valve is preferably provided on its under face with a thick washer 24 of leather or the like, which is mounted on a projecting central stud 25 on the under side of the valve and is held in place in the usual manner by a nut 26 threaded on the end of the stud. In the closed position of the valve, the washer rests upon the upper face of the valve seat 13, as shown in Fig. 5.

The inner end of the discharge passage through the spout is relatively narrow or contracted in vertical direction, so that the valve casing can be correspondingly short, and so that the extent of movement necessary to fully open the valve is reduced. To provide for a full flow through the discharge passage, its inlet end is elongated in horizontal direction and is substantially equal in Width to the interior diameter of the'casing. The outer end of this passage iswider in vertical direction thanits inner end and narrower in horizontal direction, as indicated in Figs. 2, 8, and a, so that the walls of this passage diverge in vertical direction and converge in horizontal direction fromits inner to its'outer end. That is to say, the top and bottom walls 27 and 28 diverge, as indicated in Fig. 2, while the .side walls of the discharge passage converge, as most clearly indicated in Fig. 3. Preferably, also, the bottom wall 28 is convexed or curved outwardly and downwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, while the side are arranged upon a number of branch pipes extending upwardly from a horizontal main pipe. Troughs or laterals are formed in the ground opposite each. branch pipe. These troughs are usually six or eight inches wide and it is desirable to deliver all of the water from one of the nozzles into the trough, so that the water may not be wasted. At the same time, it

is desirable, that the water shall not be delivered in a solid stream which would wash away the soil. The present improved nozzle, as stated, delivers a spray which is flopies of this patent may be obtained for In an irrigation system the valve nozzles narrow in horizontal direction, so that the water will properly fall into the trough or lateral without waste, but which is fanshaped in a vertical plane so that the water is not delivered in a solid stream.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the details set forth without departure from the essentials of the invention as defined in the claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A valved nozzle comprising an upright casing having a coupling at its lower end, a removable cap at its upper end and a laterally projecting, down-turned discharge spout, a valve in said casing having a stem threaded through said cap, said valve being vertically movable across the inner end of the discharge passage through said spout for opening and closing the same, the passage through said down-turned discharge spout being elongated transversely and contracted vertically at its inner end and having top and bottom walls which diverge and side walls which converge from its inner to its outer end, whereby a fanshaped spray is projected downwardly from said spout in a vertical plane eXtending through the axis of said upright casing, substantially as described.

2. A valved nozzle comprising an up right casingv adapted to be mounted upon the upper end of a vertical supply pipe and having a laterally projecting, downturned discharge spout and an internal shoulder forming a valve seat below the inner end of the said spout, a valve in said casing vertically movable across the inner end of the discharge passage through said spout for opening and closing the same, the passage through said clown-turned discharge spout being elongated transversely and contracted vertically at its inner end and having top and bottom walls which diverge and side walls which converge from its inner to its outer end, whereby a tanshaped spray is projected downwardly from said spout in .a vertical plane, substantially as described.

HENRY GIBBS.

l/Vitnesses:

ELEANOR HAGENOW, KATHARINE G'ERLAOH.

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